07-18-2014, 11:24 AM
(07-18-2014, 11:13 AM)Duchess Wrote: More & more Russia concerns me.
Yeah, no matter which side shot down the plane, it'll be easy for countries already pissed off at Putin to blame it on his hubris, IMO. He's screwed.
This terrible crash with international casualties at the Ukraine/Russian border has pushed the door wide open for western countries to investigate up close and first-hand what the hell is really going on over there. If it turns out Putin was lying and the Russian military has been supporting and supplying the separatists, "screwed" will be an understatement.
I'm not so worried about Russia on the whole as I am about Putin as its leader. I could be wrong, but I sense he's a man with something to prove - with little regard for what his government and people really want.